The Italian ballerina / Kristy Cambron.
At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save innocent lives in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events.Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness sweeping through the quarantine wards-a fake disease known only as Syndrome K-she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. Soon a little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, and Julia is determined to reunite the young dancer with her family-if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name.Present Day. Delaney Coleman recently lost her grandfather-a beloved small-town doctor and World War II veteran, so she returns home to help her aging parents. When a mysterious Italian woman reaches out claiming to own one of the family's precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to travel to Italy and uncover the truth of her grandfather's hidden past. With the help of the woman's skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Soon, everything Delaney thought she knew about her grandfather comes into question. Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780785232193
- ISBN: 0785232192
- Physical Description: 373 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2022]
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Italy > Rome > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Italy > Rome > Rescue > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Christian fiction. Inspirational fiction. Romance fiction. |
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